Unemployment Poll: Is the Government Doing Enough?

Ben Bernanke. Credit: J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo

On Saturday, President Obama announced major trade deals with India worth $10 billion and 50,000 new American jobs. The new agreements recast India’s growing clout in the global economy. Also, in a new report released last week announced 151,000 jobs were added to the economy boosting hopes for a turn around in the job market. Meanwhile, Congressional members ready themselves for a fight over extending the Bush tax cuts. For months the White House has remained firm on ending the tax cuts for individuals earning more then $250,000 while Republicans are pushing to extend them for everyone regardless of income. President Obama indicated he would be open to negotiating with Republicans on the divisive issue.

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Radhika Balakrishnan: Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers University

Edward Barbier: Professor of Economics, University of Wyoming

Michael Belzer: Associate Professor of Economics, Wayne State University

Peter Beinart: Associate Professor of Journalism and Political Science, City University of New York

Cihan Bilginsoy: Professor of Economics, University of Utah

Alan Blinder was vice chairman of the Federal Reserve and served on Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers; he’s the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University.

Barry Bluestone: Dean, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs, Northwestern University

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Jim Campen: Professor of Economics, Emeritus, University of Massachusetts—Boston

Malcolm Dole: Professor of Economics, University of California—Los Angeles

James Dorman: Professor of Economics, Evergreen State College

Robert Drago: Research Director, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Gary Dymski: Professor of Economics, University of California—Riverside

Zohreh Emami: Professor of Econonics, Alverno College

Gerald Epstein: Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of Economics and Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts—Amherst

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John Weeks: Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of London

David Weiman: Professor of Economics and Director of Barnard—Columbia Urban Studies Program

Sean Wilentz is the Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the American Revolutionary Era at Princeton. His book, The Rise of American Democracy: From Jefferson to Lincoln, won the 2006 Bancroft Prize.